Square Enix Begins Work on ‘AAA Title for PS5’

Square Enix’s Luminous Productions is apparently working on an unannounced “new AAA title for PS5”.

As spotted by ResetEra user nolifebr, a since-removed LinkedIn profile for 3D character model lead artist Tomohiro Tokoro included the next-generation game as part of his work at the studio, alongside a “new mobile title for China” and now-cancelled DLC for Final Fantasy XV.

Luminous is a new studio at Square Enix, originally set up by Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata specifically to develop AAA games.

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Wolverine’s Resurrection Is Much More Complicated Than We Thought

The newest chapter of The Avengers just dropped a major bombshell regarding the resurrection of Wolverine.

Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Avengers #10!

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It was writer Jason Aaron who first revealed that Wolverine had returned to life in last year’s Marvel Legacy #1. Since then, other Marvel books have been exploring the fallout of that return, most notably the crossover event Hunt for Wolverine and the current miniseries Return of Wolverine. This issue marks the first time in over a year that Aaron himself has explored the current whereabouts of Wolverine. And in the process, readers learn that there are actually two versions of Wolverine co-existing in the Marvel Universe (and that’s not even counting Old Man Logan).

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New Xbox One Games With Gold For November Are Now Available

We’ve reached the midpoint of November, which means Xbox Live Gold subscribers can now download two new games for free. The games in question are Race the Sun for Xbox One and Dante’s Inferno for Xbox 360. As with all Games with Gold, the latter is also playable on Xbox One thanks to backwards compatibility. And if you hurry, you can still grab Assassin’s Creed and Victor Vran for free; they’ll go back to regular price on November 16.

Race the Sun is an endless flying game in which you pilot a solar-powered aircraft that soars toward the setting sun on the horizon. If the sun goes down, you’ll run out of power, ending your run. To keep flying (and accumulating points), you need to avoid the many obstacles in your way and make good use of speed boosts and other upgrades you can collect.

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In GameSpot’s 8/10 Race the Sun review, Chris Watters wrote, “The smooth sensation of flight through the austere landscape is both relaxing and intense, bringing with it the joy of escaping danger and the agony of meeting with disaster. Objectives and relays capitalize on these core mechanics, building out ways to enjoy the game beyond the basic play experience.”

Dante’s Inferno is a God of War-like brawler that’s inspired by an Italian epic poem. You play as Dante, a Templar knight who battles through nine circles of Hell to rescue his beloved from Lucifer himself. In our 6.5/10 Dante’s Inferno review, Tom McShae wrote, “Dante’s Inferno is certainly fun during those hectic first few hours, but there is little reason to play beyond those parts. It’s not worth visiting hell without the promise of heaven on the other side.”

And if you haven’t picked it up yet, Xbox Live Gold subscribers can still grab Battlefield 1 for free between now and the end of November. It might whet your appetite for Battlefield V, which launches later this month.

November 2018 Games with Gold

Xbox One

  • Battlefield 1 (November 1-30)
  • Race the Sun (November 16-December 15)
  • Victor Vran (September 16-November 15)

Xbox 360

  • Assassin’s Creed (November 1-15)
  • Dante’s Inferno (November 16-30)

PlayStation’s Best-Selling Games, DualShock Colors and More Revealed

Today marks five years since Sony launched the PlayStation 4, and the company took the opportunity to release some sales info and to announce a new Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 bundle.

In a PlayStation Blog post, Senior Vice President of PlayStation Worldwide Marketing Eric Lempel revealed Sony has sold more than 86.1 million PlayStation 4 consoles and 777.9 million pieces of software to date. Lempel also shared PlayStation 4’s five best-selling games (in alphabetical order):

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI for Switch

When I first reviewed Civilization VI back in 2016, here’s what I had to say about it as I awarded it a score of 9.4 (for amazing) and nominated it for game of the year:

“Civilization VI will go down in history as the most fully-featured launch version in the series. Many of those are smartly revamped versions of Civ classics, but it finds its own identity with great new ideas like spread-out cities, customizeable governments, research boosts, and leader agendas. And even though the AI has some improving to do, it can put up enough of a fight to make world domination a challenge.”

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13 Best Zombie Games of All Time

Zombies make marvelous antagonists. They’re plodding dark mirrors parodying our society’s short sightedness. They’re plentiful and emotionless eaters of flesh, which makes them perfect cannon fodder for action films and twitch shooters. Their wasted visages serve the purposes of both horror and humor with equal effectiveness. They’ve been a part of the video game landscape for decades – so long that they’ve carved out their own subgenre: the “zombie game.”

Strangely, the still-shambling corpses of the damned have been important to some of gaming’s more notable narratives and innovations.

Here are the 13 best zombie games of all time.

13. Zombies Ate My Neighbors

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